Chapter 70: Returning Home
The completion of the filming is only the preliminary stage of the film's creation.
In the later stage, it also needs to be edited, dubbed, retouched, and color graded frame by frame, and then slowly take shape.
For a mature film, the shooting work is only the first half of the whole film process, which belongs to a part of the industrial process.
Editing is to reorder and select the director's shooting materials, and refine the creation for sublimation, so editing is a very important part of the entire film creation. It is not an exaggeration to call it the third creation of the film. It is on the same level as scripts and filming.
A decent film, edited by a skilled editor, can become full of ups and downs and fascinating. Conversely, a good movie can be ruined by a bad editor.
The most important thing in Hollywood is gold medal editors!
Their ability to regulate movies is far above their own!
"One Flew Over the Asylum" is a product of the traditional Hollywood narrative assembly line, which is why Lionsgate invested so much money!
Only a feature film with a traditional narrative is likely to win the box office!
The box office of "One Flew Over the Asylum", Xiaobai was not very worried, the original time and space, in 1976, the box office of "One Flew Over the Asylum" was close to 60 million US dollars, winning the second place of the year!
At the top of the list is Jaws...
The cinematography of "One Flew Over the Asylum" is perfect, and it has laid a lot of foreshadowing.
In most of the paintings, Gong Li always occupies the center of the foreground, looking up when shooting the head nurse, and looking down when shooting patients.
In fact, in terms of narrative techniques, it is similar to "The Redemption of Xiao Shengke", but purely in terms of depth, or from the perspective of script and director, "The Redemption of Xiao Shengke" is more dramatic and inflammatory, using a more straightforward storyline and dialogue to tell the audience what it means to be tame, what is "institutionalized", and how exciting it is to break out of the cage.
"One Flew Over the Asylum" is a much deeper analogy and critique of society and ideology...
And at that time, Jack Nicholson was in full swing, and there was the promotion of Oscar!
"One Flew Over the Asylum" swept the Oscars!
Xiaobai's requirements are not high, as long as the box office can return to its roots!
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There are not a few film production companies in the mainland, but those who can do the best in the industry are by no means ordinary.
Jiang Zhiqiang is the first producer in Asia, and his strength is naturally not weak. In the film industry, it is not an exaggeration to call an industry boss.
This kind of person is usually inconspicuous, but it really affects the progress of the industry.
His Anle Pictures is not well-known, but its strength is extremely strong, and it has launched "Monster Hunt", "Fengshen Trilogy", and even "Mulan"...
When Disney wanted to film "Mulan", they naturally wanted to find a local snake to work with, and Jiang Zhiqiang was their first choice!
The prosperity of the film market is linked to economic development and the needs of the times.
The public's demand for audio-visual entertainment has increased, and the rise of mainland cinemas has created a huge amount of money that Chinese films can make from the mainland market alone!
Previously, why did you do co-production?
It's not because the mainland market is too small and the capacity is not enough, so you need to use Hong Kong to sell films!
Of course, in recent years, this has not been the case at all!
The huge handicap also makes people dare to spend money to make large-scale movies!
For example, "Fengshen Trilogy", an investment of 3 billion yuan...
A few years ago, who would dare?
Even now, except for Jiang Zhiqiang, few people dare to do this!
Since "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero", Jiang Zhiqiang has become a banner, a banner representing the direction of Chinese films!
He makes blockbuster films, so a group of talents in the mainland dare to make blockbusters, and now, he has made large-scale investments...
A lot of people are waiting and seeing...
Then, "The Demon Chaos of the Fengshen Trilogy" was released, and of course the box office paid off, but unfortunately, the reputation was not good...
This phenomenon is very bad!
The most important thing for a series is word of mouth!
If it weren't for the strong reputation accumulated by "Wolf Warrior", "Wolf Warrior 2" would have exploded?
Jiang Zhiqiang just got the news that "Shaolin Football" is scheduled for the first day of the Lunar New Year, and he is going to fight with the second part of the "Fengshen Trilogy"!
He's a little anxious...
It is recognized in the industry that you can disapprove of Bai Xiaofei's movies, but you must not ignore his box office appeal!
If you run into him, you will definitely die, but you will definitely make a lot less money!
The movie itself, Jiang Zhiqiang has nothing to do, after all, Bai Xiaofei understands the audience's preferences, but there are many articles that can be done outside the movie!
Especially after Chen Jiafu and Yongsheng publicly tore their faces with Bai Xiaofei...
So, since mid-June, there has been a wave of ungrateful news on the Internet that smears Bai Xiaofei, and there are pictures and truths!
Especially Chen Jiafu's little brother began to openly bombard Bai Xiaofei's poor character, being too harsh on his own people, and looking down on people...
He even said, "You can't just think of yourself as a human, everyone else is a dog!" ”
What a sin to add to it!
Xiaobai has dominated the box office charts for four consecutive years, and not only that, but the newcomers and new works launched by Bai Xiaofei's studio have also exploded one after another!
The tree is a big wind!
If you are willing to share this market with them, then of course there is no problem, the key is not so generous!
Or rather, Fuji Xun is not so generous!
The ponies are about to be scolded as a sieve, but Fuji Xun's status is still there!
Then black and white Xiaofei!
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"How is the box office of "Truant Gaiden"?"
Xiaobai got off the plane and was taken directly to the company.
He didn't even know he was hacked!
"500 million in the first weekend, about 75 points of word-of-mouth..."
"It's not bad, let's shoot the next episode!"
The script compilation of "Truant Gaiden" itself is two episodes, a very cliché story, that is, bad students change their ways and return to the right...
The bad student is played by Yi Yang Qianxi, and the female teacher is Sun Xiaoxiao.
It doesn't matter if the story is clichéd, the key is to play with new ideas!
Of course, a cadre of actors from "Truant Dragon" also appeared in it...
"I came to you, not because of "Truant Gaiden", Zhong Lifang said seriously: "You have been hacked again!" ”
“… Oh? Because of what? Calling me vulgar again? ”
I have to come several times a year, and Xiaobai is used to it!
"No, this time it's Anle Pictures!"
"Comfort? Jiang Zhiqiang? ”
Xiaobai was a little surprised, he had met Jiang Zhiqiang a few times, and he respected this producer who was concentrating on making movies, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Hero", "Cold War", "Beijing Meets Seattle", "The Secret That Can't Be Said", "Ocean Paradise"...
These are all things that he has been busy with and have come out of.
As for the relationship between Zhang Weiping and "Hero", please, can Zhang Weiping find such a strong lineup?
He's in charge of waving the flag and shouting!
It's just that I accidentally shook myself up!
Xiaobai used to think that Jiang Zhiqiang should be the kind of person who pays attention to the quality of movies, rather than 'movies will die if they don't make money'...
However, since "Monster Hunt 2", I went deep into the township and "I saw Huba on the first day of the new year, and brought our father and mother...", "If you want to live a life, Huba can't be less on the first day of the new year...".
How can anyone who doesn't like money when making movies!